8°. R. 807

"If revolution flares up again and I take an active part in it, then you can... be assured that this revolution will be victorious, that the day of terrible judgment has come for monarchy and hierarchy" (VII) [491].

Feuerbach did not understand the revolution of '48.

P. 2 [494]: "Enough of us with both philosophical and political idealism; we want now to be political materialists."

* L. Feuerbach. Sammtliche Werke, Bd. 8, Leipzig, 1851. Ed.
** L. Feuerbach. Selected Philosophical Works, vol. II, Moscow, 1955. Ed.
*** - the feeling of place and time. Ed.
**** - mister. Ed.

44
V. I. LENIN

Down with "overstrained"!

3-4 [495-496] - Why Feuerbach withdrew to the countryside: a break with "the world that believes in god," p. 4 (l. 7 from bottom*) (cf. p. 3 at end**) - to live with "nature" (5) [496], to cast off all "overstrained"*** representations.

7-11 [498-502] Feuerbach gives a sketch of his works (7-9 [498-500]: "History of Modern Philosophy") (9-11 [500-502] "Spinoza," "Leibniz")

12-14 [503-504] - "Bayle."

"Sensuousness" in Feuerbach

15 [505-506]:

Sinnlich not only Magen, but also Kopf***** (15) [505].

(16-20 [506-510]: Feuerbach, work on immortality

Objections were raised to me on "The Essence of Christianity"

"The being which man considers to precede him... is

"The unconscious being of nature is, in my view, an eternal being, having no origin, a first being, but first in time, not in rank, physically, but not morally a first being"... (27) [515].

In my negation there is contained also an affirmation... "Of course, the conclusion from my doctrine is that god does not exist"

* - Zeile 7 von unten - line 7 from bottom. Ed.
** - in fine - at the end. Ed.
*** - cast off all "wild-headed." Ed.
**** 
***** - sensuous not only the stomach, but also the head. Ed.

45